Jeanne Sobine, 49, died February 13 at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold. Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law Rick and Debi Fine of West Windsor; and four nephews. Donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10005.
Tsyliya Grundman, 79, of West Windsor, died February 15 on Princeton-Hightstown Road in West Windsor after being struck by a car. Born in Latvia, she lived in Buffalo, New York, before moving to West Windsor in 2003.
She is survived by her husband Grigori Grundman, who was also injured in the accident; son and daughter-in-law, Marina and Gustav of Montgomery; and grandson Mark, also of Montgomery.
Anne L. C. Scott, 92, died February 16 at the Pavilions at Forrestal. Born in Virginia, she was a social worker for the County of Westchester Medical Center and was a longtime resident of Tarrytown, New York. Survivors include her sons, Philip C. Scott of Garrison, New York, and David G. Scott of Plainsboro; daughter Mary B. Scott of Muskogee, Oklahoma; and two grandchildren.
Rocco Vendetti, 92, of Princeton died February 16 in the Princeton Care Center, Princeton. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Rocky and Lois Vendetti of Princeton Junction. Donations may be made to the Princeton Elks 2129, Box 217, Blawenburg 08504 or Princeton Township Police, Welfare Fund, 1 Valley Road, Princeton 08540.
Doni Donovan Goldsmith, 88, of Plainsboro died February 17. Born in New York City, she moved to the area in 1965.
She attended the Model School, New York University, New York School of Music, and the New York School of Interior Design. A freelance interior designer and a lecturer on art and interior design, she was a stylist at B. Altman in New York City, designer for Home Furnishings Manufacturers, and opened the Doni Donovan shop on Madison Avenue, specializing in interior design, antiques and imports. She was editor of the original Living magazine.
After moving to the Princeton area, she continued her volunteer work, interior design, and lecturing and teaching, retiring in 1989. Survivors include her son Patrick D. Goldsmith and daughter Nancy M. Goldsmith.
A memorial service is will be held on Saturday, March 5, 1 p.m., at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity Church.
Bianca Marie Caringal, 13, of Plainsboro died February 20 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton after a car crash in West Windsor. Born in Naga City, Philippines, she was a seventh grade student at Community Middle School in Plainsboro.
An altar server at the Queenship of Mary Roman Catholic Church, she played the trumpet in the school band and played the keyboard in her father’s band, KSP.
Survivors include her parents, Basilio M. and Martina A. Caringal of Plainsboro; her brothers Bryan Martin and Bryle Matthew Caringal; her great-grandmother, Eufemia Magpantay; great-aunt Dr. Emiliana Magpantay; and her uncle Michael Caringal.
Donations may be made to Queenship of Mary Roman Catholic Church, 19 Dey Road, Plainsboro 08536 or West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Middle School, 55 Grovers Mill Road, Box 410, Plainsboro 08536.
Wilfred T. Moffat, 85, died in Princeton on February 20. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Vicky Moffat; daughters Joyce Moffat of West Windsor and Ginny Bove of Hillsborough; sister Catherine Taraski of East Orange; and granddaughters Jennifer and Erica. Donations may be made to American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, North Brunswick 08902.
Alfred Conrad Naeole, 92, of West Windsor, died February 20. Born and raised in Riverside, he moved to the Gables in West Windsor three years ago.
He worked more than 30 years as a sales engineer for R. D. Bitzer Company, a manufacturer’s representative of mechanical and industrial products in Philadelphia.
He played football and graduated from Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia and Temple University, where he played for one of legendary coach Pop Warner’s first teams. After graduation he returned to Riverside to coach the semi-pro Greyhounds and later coached the Riverside High School team in 1944. He was inducted into the Riverside High School Hall of Fame in 1990.
A singer and instrumentalist, Naeole was lead singer for The Sunshine Boys in 1936 and in 1937; he had his own radio show in Philadelphia. He served in the Merchant Marines in 1945.
After his retirement in 1980, Naeole and his wife spent half of each year in his ancestral land of Hawaii, where he was the portrait artist-in-residence at the Kona Arts Center in Halualoa through the early 1990s.
Survivors include his wife, Fay Geraldine Lord Naeole of West Windsor; daughters Sharon Lord Naeole of Princeton and Lorraine Naeole of Greer, South Carolina; grandchildren Pamela Hughes and her husband, Brian, of Princeton, Michelle Rago of New York City, Heather Chickery and her husband, Anthony, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Devin Naeole Van Der Wende of Greenville, South Carolina; great-grandson Sullivan Hughes of Princeton; sister-in-law Barbara Lord of Lavallette; brother-in-law and wife Thomas and Cynthia Lord of Tampa, Fla.; eight grandnieces and grandnephews; and five great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews.
Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 8th Avenue, Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10001. Condolences may be sent to www.ryanfuneralhome.com.
Isabelle R. Gettman Hendren, 82, of Lancaster Township died February 21 at Passavant Retirement and Health Center in Zelienople. Survivors include a son David W. Hedren of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to VNA Hospice, 154 Hindman Road, Butler, PA 16001.
Julius Levy died February 27. Survivors include his daughter Eileen Levy Cevera of West Windsor, Stuart Levy of Clarksburg, Maryland, and Alex Levy of Woodbine, Maryland; step-father of Glenn Levin, Phillip Levin, Tammy Tenace, and Marc Levin; grandfather of Jason and Jonathan Cevera, Justin, Kirsten, Daniel and Connor Levy, Erik and Kara Levin, Kelly, Megan, Molly and Dana Levin and Jacob Tenace. Donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Anthony Muccie, 89, died February 27 at the Pavilions at Forrestal, Plainsboro. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong Trenton area resident. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald and Kathleen Muccie of Levittown, Pennsylvania and Anthony and Mary Muccie of Bristol, Pennsylvania; a daughter and son-in-law, Dolores and Joseph O’Meara of Bristol, Pennsylvania; a daughter-in-law, Ruth Muccie of Trenton; 20 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Edwin Carlisle Brome, 86, of Monroe, died February 27, at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. Survivors include a daughter, Luenda Langley of Plainsboro.
